President of both the Polish...

ALOYSIUS MAZEWSKI, 72,

August 6, 1988

CHICAGO — ALOYSIUS MAZEWSKI, 72, president of both the Polish National Alliance and the Polish American Congress, died Wednesday. He was internationally known for espousing the cause of the Polish people and of human rights. He also founded and headed the Polish American Congress Charitable Foundation, which raised $150 million for the Polish people following the Solidarity strikes in Poland. Mazewski, of Northbrook, died of an apparent heart attack while playing golf near Portage, Wis. Mazewski, a native of North Chicago, grew up on Chicago's Northwest Side. His father came to the United States when he was 14 and his mother was born in Chicago Heights.